2007-2008 Academic Catalog

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• Christian Ministries Major
• Christian Ministries: Interdisciplinary Major
• Philosophy Major
• Religion Major
• Religion: Interdisciplinary Major
• Biblical Studies Minor
• Camping: Administrative Minor
• Camping: Programming Minor
• Christian Ministries: Church Recreation Minor
• Christian Ministries: Educational Ministry Minor
• Christian Ministries: Missions Minor
• Christian Ministries: Youth Ministry Minor
• Philosophy Minor
• Quaker Studies Minor
• Religion Minor

Christian Ministries Major (BA)

The Christian ministries major offers a 41-42-semester-hour course of study that is designed to prepare students to enter Christian service in local churches and parachurch organizations, providing biblical and theological preparation and an excellent base for graduate studies in a wide variety of ministry fields. Typical careers are positions as pastors, missionaries, youth pastors, and Christian education directors. Students are required to obtain a minimum grade of C- in all courses taken for the major.

Major Requirements

A minimum of 18 credit hours shall be from upper-division courses. A limit of 4 credit hours of field experience can apply to the major.

Required Core Courses (25 hours)

RELI 380 Christian Beliefs (3)
CHMN 130 Christian Discipling (4)

Students must take one of the following courses:
RELI 401 Christianity in History I (3)
RELI 402 Christianity in History II (3)

Students must take 2 of the following courses:
CHMN 390 Theological Foundations of Christian Ministry (3)
CHMN 360 Perspectives in Christian Education (3)
CHMN 420 Speaking as Ministry (3)

Students must choose 6 semester hours in biblical studies (BIBL) coursework
Students must choose 3 semester hours in philosophy (PHIL)coursework

Concentrations (16-17 hours)

Church Recreation

CHMN 370 Camp Programming and Counseling (3)
CHMN 440 Camp Administration (2)
CHMN 475 Field Experience (2)
HHPE 380 Experiential Recreational Leadership (3)
HHPA 120 Lifelong Fitness (2)
CHMN 320 Relational Bible Teaching (2)

Students must choose one of the following courses:
RELI 340 Christian Classics (3)
RELI 350 Spiritual Formation (3)
RELI 490 Contemporary Religious Life (3)

Educational Ministry (Shared Praxis)

CHMN 391 Shared Praxis I: Introduction to Educational Ministry (4)
CHMN 392 Shared Praxis II: Christian Theology Related to Ministry(4)
CHMN 491 Shared Praxis III: Methods and Skills in Ministry (4)
CHMN 492 Shared Praxis IV: Supervised Field Experience (4)

Missions

RELI 330 Introduction to the World Christian Movement (3)
RELI 360 Cross-Cultural Christian Outreach (3)
RELI 440 World Religions (3)
RELI 460 Issues in Contemporary Missions (3)
CHMN 475 Field Experience (2)

Youth Ministry

CHMN 330 Foundations of Youth Ministry (4)
CHMN 381 Counseling (3)
PSYC 311 Child Development (3)
PSYC 314 Adolescent Development (3)

Students must choose one of the following courses:
CHMN 370 Camp Programming and Counseling (3)
HHPE 380 Experiential Recreational Leadership (3)